French Officer Leaked a Nuclear Carrier's GPS by Jogging on Strava

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Sat, 21 Mar 2026 13:38:04 +0000

French Officer Leaked a Nuclear Carrier’s GPS by Jogging on Strava

A 35-minute jog. A public profile. A nuclear-powered aircraft carrier’s exact coordinates broadcast to the entire internet.

On March 13, a French officer ran 7km laps on the deck of the Charles de Gaulle — France’s only nuclear aircraft carrier — and uploaded the workout to his public Strava profile. Satellite imagery confirmed the 262-meter warship sitting northwest of Cyprus, about 100km from Turkey, while heading toward an active conflict zone.

This is the same app that exposed secret U.S. military bases in Syria, Afghanistan, and Somalia back in 2018. The Pentagon banned fitness trackers. France apparently missed the memo.

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Lock down your own fitness data | Strava → Settings → Privacy Controls → set to “Only You” or “Followers”
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Understand the risk | Read the 2018 Strava heat map analysis — same vulnerability, same lesson, eight years later

A 262-meter nuclear warship with 40 aircraft, 2,500 crew, and a submarine escort — exposed by a guy who forgot to check a box in his app settings.

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